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Hi can someone please help me locate my Idle Air Control Valve on my Kia Sportage 2011. I am almost certain that its the problem as my car when idling in bouncing just out of cutting out. Never high. It cut out when i was driving and wasn't giving gas. I picture would best best but I will take any help I can get.

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Hi can someone please help me locate my Idle Air Control Valve on my Kia Sportage 2011. I am almost certain that its the problem as my car when idling in bouncing just out of cutting out. Never high. It cut out when i was driving and wasn't giving gas. I picture would best best but I will take any help I can get.

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So I googled the symptoms I was having with my Sportage. The generic answer for most vehicles was the idle air valve. However when I go to online auto parts stores and put in my vehicle info for the put idle air valve I get no products. The problem I am having is when I go through the drive-thru or I am stopped at a red light, while the car is in gear and my foot on the brake it rough idles(or at least I would call it that) but as soon as I take my foot off the brake and accelerate it stops. Does anybody have any ideas what else it could be?

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You won't find that specific part, because it does NOT have one. Your vehicle uses an electric throttle control which handles even low idle. Many times the air plate and bore of the throttle body unit "gunk up" and need to be cleaned with an aerosol throttle body product. You don't say how many miles on your now almost 9 yr old vehicle has or any maint(other than oil changes) has been done,like spark plugs, air filter and such. Also you don't report if the Check Engine Light is illuminated when driving, and if so getting the car's computer scanned for codes(and posting them here) would go a long way in offering more precise help to you.

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I have 157,000 miles the o2 sensor has been changed. I changed spark plugs and boots about a year ago. Oil changes at recommended times for synthetic oil. Brakes have been changed and tires replaced. about a year ago too. Air filters a couple of times since I owned it. It has been a great car for me. almost paid off as a second-hand vehicle. Carfax did not say anything expensive had been done on it. When I bought it. It had 86, 000 on it when I bought it. Was registered as a rental so I figure it was taken care of by rental Co. It is not showing any codes.

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